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Hidekazu
Several curious students and teachers populated the upper lip of the Majyutsushi Arena. Across the stadium from Hidekazu, Kira stood adjacent to an identical ghost stone. Her eyes glowed white when her hands touched the tablet, and moments later, her projection appeared on the uppermost marble floor of the arena below.
A set of stairs cut the three-tiered battleground in half. The usual practice targets scattering the structure had been replaced by crushed beams of metal and wood, some blocking direct access to the upper levels.
Hidekazu’s hands hovered over the ghost stone. In the back of his awareness, the shishajya spirit observed his every move. Would the spirit’s presence really help him use the tablet? Nerves always stopped him from voicing such questions. His mother,
